Read more about what’s happening at Texas Oncology and the newest advancements in cancer care. Here are the latest Texas Oncology news and stories highlighting local practices and patients. Select a search option below by cancer center, physician, media type and year and click the search button to find your results. Items in yellow are articles and items in blue are videos.
Dr. Houston Holmes, medical oncologist at Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center outlines the benefits and challenges oncologists face when prescribing CAR-T therapies in community-based cancer centers in a video interview during the 2018 Community Oncology Conference.
Dr. Houston Holmes, medical oncologist at Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, discusses considerations for community oncologists before prescribing CAR-T therapies in a video interview during the 2018 Community Oncology Conference.
Dr. Houston Holmes, medical oncologist at Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, discusses the logistics associated with CAR-T therapies in community oncology practices in a video interview during the 2018 Community Oncology Conference.
Dr. Carlos Encarnacion of Texas Oncology—Waco recently discussed the gaps in healthcare for specific minority groups for Minority Health Awareness Month.
Baylor University Medical Center and Texas Oncology announced they are now offering CAR-T therapy to treat diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. These providers are working together and are among the first in the nation to treat patients with the only CAR-T cell therapy approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat this form of cancer.
There are several things on my “to do” list that I’m really good at putting off. They need to be done, but I don’t like disrupting my routine or taking time away from other activities to make them happen. However, when it comes to cancer screenings, it’s worth a little disruption.
Dr. Debra Patt of Texas Oncology-Austin Central recently discussed a new government study that is reigniting the debate over whether cell phones could be linked to cancer. The multi-year, $25 million study focused on the effect of cell phone radiation on rats, finding a significant increase in a rare kind of heart tumor in male rats.
Dr. Jason Melear, medical oncologist at Texas Oncology-Austin Midtown discusses the breakthroughs in cancer research beyond drugs that are improving patients’ outcomes and quality of life.